''Good Bones and Simple Murders'' is a book by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, originally published in 1994. Although classified with Atwood's short fiction, it is an eclectic collection, featuring parables, monologues, prose poems, condensed science fiction, reconfigured fairy tales, as well as Atwood's own illustrations. Much of the book is a reprint of two earlier Atwood works, '' Good Bones'' and '' Murder in the Dark''. The story ''Gertrude Talks Back'' sees Gertrude, mother of

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

setting her son straight about Old Hamlet's murder: "It wasn't Claudius, darling, it was me!"Thompson and Taylor (2006a, 126–132).

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* Pratt, Laura. "Heather Reisman's little list of literary party favours." ''National Post'' Dec. 1, 2001. pg. PD. 5. 1994 short story collections Short story collections by Margaret Atwood Doubleday (publisher) books New Canadian Library {{1990s-story-collection-stub